jamiey Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 It's now sat at the docks while the captain of the boat checks his North Sea A to Z for directions to Sheerness. That's a question does anyone know which port they go from...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 We know how you feel! What's going through your mind is how long it's going to take to cross the North Sea. You'll be looking at your atlas and tuning into North Sea weather reports! You'll be hoping she's not on deck and is lashed down safely etc. Am I right? The answer to your quezzie is Emden in Germany and a boat leaves once a week and no-one seems to know how long it takes to reach Sheerness. Mine was lost in this 'Black Hole' for 2 weeks and not knowing made it seem like an eternity. I have complained politely to VW UK about this but doubt if they'll improve their tracking systems in this area. The UK dealers simply cannot trace your car until some bod with a clipboard locates it on the dockside and logs it onto the networked computer system at Sheerness. After that, the road transporters are under a strict contract to deliver to your dealer within a short timeframe and then the car has to be inspected and prepared for your collection. I am assuming that all UK GTIs enter the UK at Sheerness but for Edinburgh this might not be the case. Your dealer should be able to tell you the port of entry. I hope this helps. Not too long now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiey Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Cheers Red. I would imagine it would be sheerness and the trained up. The BT building I work is next to a railway line and every now and again a huge train packed with several hunderd peugeots and citroen is pulled past. I suspect VW would have a similar arrangment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteHArtMart Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Good news mate - the wait is killing me know!! With a bit of luck mine should be in production in the next 2 weeks!? Having to use the wife's car a bit in the meantime as I only have 1200 miles before a service is due on mine and I don't want to fork out for that before she is handed over to the VW dealer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiey Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Know feeling... Subaru will need a service and road tax at the end of Nov. Should be out of my hands before I have to stump up for same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy240575 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Congratulations man! I'm sure you'll love it. Quick question, when did you order it and has it arrived roughly on time? Mine has been delayed and I'm trying to understand what the f**k is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiey Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Ordered on 31st July. Dealer build estimate on the Friday following was week 34 (last week). Build commenced last Friday. The dealer originally thought it would the the start of November so I suspect it will be here a couple weeks ahead of schedule Please note I went to a smaller dealer in Grangemouth on word of mouth and they must have had plenty of allocation left. What spec is yours? could that be the hold up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMB Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 week 34 was 6 weeks ago! mine was built week 34 and i've had it 4 weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTI_Boi Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 [ QUOTE ] We know how you feel! What's going through your mind is how long it's going to take to cross the North Sea. You'll be looking at your atlas and tuning into North Sea weather reports! You'll be hoping she's not on deck and is lashed down safely etc. Am I right? The answer to your quezzie is Emden in Germany and a boat leaves once a week and no-one seems to know how long it takes to reach Sheerness. Mine was lost in this 'Black Hole' for 2 weeks and not knowing made it seem like an eternity. I have complained politely to VW UK about this but doubt if they'll improve their tracking systems in this area. The UK dealers simply cannot trace your car until some bod with a clipboard locates it on the dockside and logs it onto the networked computer system at Sheerness. After that, the road transporters are under a strict contract to deliver to your dealer within a short timeframe and then the car has to be inspected and prepared for your collection. I am assuming that all UK GTIs enter the UK at Sheerness but for Edinburgh this might not be the case. Your dealer should be able to tell you the port of entry. I hope this helps. Not too long now [/ QUOTE ] Nearly right. Vehicles are shipped from Emden, takes 24 hours with 3-4 ships per week. GTI's go into the 3 ports VW use (Sheerness, Grimsby and Tyneside) sp I guess an Edinburgh car goes into Tyneside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Nearly right. Vehicles are shipped from Emden, takes 24 hours with 3-4 ships per week. GTI's go into the 3 ports VW use (Sheerness, Grimsby and Tyneside) sp I guess an Edinburgh car goes into Tyneside. [/ QUOTE ] ....When mine was delayed two weeks I was clearly told one ship per week and 2-3 days to Sheerness car park and that the reason for my delay was my car had missed the weekly boat. Fecking liars!! I still got mine 12 weeks from order I'm glad to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Nearly right. Vehicles are shipped from Emden, takes 24 hours with 3-4 ships per week. GTI's go into the 3 ports VW use (Sheerness, Grimsby and Tyneside) sp I guess an Edinburgh car goes into Tyneside. [/ QUOTE ] Oh no im sad im so tempted to go GTI sight seeing, now i know they come into tyneside port, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 ....Now that is sad! And brilliant!! How about setting up a live camera link for all those others waiting for their GTIs. Bill Oddie etc do it on TV for badgers, otters and foxes etc so why not "GTI-Watch"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 I can just see it now the spot your golf competition lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Nice one Geoff! It shouldn't be too difficult - There aren't that many GTIs to spot or perhaps that's what would make it more challenging. The non-metallic black ones are the trickiest to spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTI_Boi Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 On thinking about it I guess if theer 3-4 ships a week into 3 ports that may well mean the 1 ship a week that the stealer was on about (into the port he uses). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiey Posted October 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Sorry what was I thinking? I mean week 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiey Posted October 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Nearly right. Vehicles are shipped from Emden, takes 24 hours with 3-4 ships per week. GTI's go into the 3 ports VW use (Sheerness, Grimsby and Tyneside) sp I guess an Edinburgh car goes into Tyneside. [/ QUOTE ] Cool! I thought the dealer was being a bit ambitious saying it could be here for the end of next week, but maybe not. I better start sorting out all the Subaru's paperwork and tiding out all the junk that has accumulated in it for the last seven years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiey Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Well the dealer called today... Not in yet but should be ready to pick up early next week. He's hopefully to get it registered tomorrow so I can sort out my insurance... He asked the dread question "and how are you going to pay sir..." I'm away this weekend so I'll have to take some photo's of the Subaru before it goes next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Don't let your payment method delay your pick up. The dealer will wait for your cheque to clear before releasing your car unless you arrange a Bank Draft or pay it all on a card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Debit card is best. Instant, free and easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mu71rd Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 althogh you have no safety with a debit card. you can cancel a credit card payment if everything totally cocks up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 What's to cock up! A dealer won't release the car until the funds are cleared. By which time it would be too late to cancel any payment, regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mu71rd Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 no, you get legal protection on most credit cards on purchases, and you can cancel or at least 'hold' credit card payments in a dispute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifly Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 most stealers dont accept CC payments though due to the CC company taking their slice of pie - think it is around 1% for normal cards ang goes up to about 3% for amex and diners if i remember correctly. Although i did swop my halifax account to get the cashback on my debit card purchases... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Agree with paying by debit card - quite painless. Although it's probably a good idea to let your bank know beforehand just in case their security people think your card has been stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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